The Cup of Tea (La tasse de thé)

1883

Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint with monoprint inking on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.6 x 25.1 cm (6 15/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 19.1 x 26.5 cm (7 1/2 x 10 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2005.151.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 15, State ii/vi (proof before aquatint)


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles M. Young, Portland, CT); purchased 2005 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2009

  • The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; NGA; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, 2009 - 2010

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: AB Londres; lower right in brown ink: Londres A Besnard; upper center verso in black chalk: AB Londres; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: D15 1/11/6; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 12309

Markings

None.

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q76335203


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